The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10
Z -
COUNTRY VERSUS CITY.
A Rustio Lad on the sidewalk-A City
= Boy in tho Country.

IL
When! the country chap enters on the
sidewalks of city it astonishes him, and
at the same moment irritates him to hear
a remark from dapper youth to the
effect: "Hullo, country!'' He can't for
the life of him see what there is in his ap-
pearance that suggests that he is from the
country. His cowhide boots, his clothes
of a hue that suggest the home dye pot,
and q cut which recalls q past genera
tion; the stoop in his shoulders Indicative
Of toll; his queer hat and long, unkempt
hair'do not present themselves toShirnsas
being at all odd or soutA fof Che way. SHe
does not believe that there Is anything in
his appearance that Is unlike the city
chaps. 1t is simply an unwarranted IN
suit l..
s'You shet up, gol darn yel' is his reply
to the impertinence.
Then another city boy joins the first,
and then three more. They form around
the visitor, first at q safe distance, and re-
peat the offensive "Countryp' "Coun-
tryr' One bolder than the other makes q
snatch Mt his VISITORS hat, and he in re-
turn launches out his big cowhide boot
and catches the little assailant in a ten
der place. he howls with pain, and then
the others attack the countryman en-
masse. They hit him with chunks of
wood. They pelt himwith lninps Nfdirt.
sThey charge on shimsls Mees
and s11ite him inthB:back fofE MgHoun-
tenance They5trip him up EG Otherwise
maltreat him till the racket Iattracts"a
citizen with cane and constable's COM
mission, who chases away the mob.
AS q result there Is eternal ennity be-
tween tity ana counttrM & The city boy
that ventures Into The country is liable to
getIhit with aistone'or rotten apple, be-
sides being constantly jibed at for his ap-
pearance. He is put through course
ofssproptsIaofg great variety.
s|saS 4 aaSdansnatuTg was engaged in the manu-
81 sblmb blebees" she made two
,Eld5Sa ikas asiasappearance, save that she
apaiateE Ethepfacti end of one bright yell
low dthatof the other deep black. The
sforneEsdFpretty and harmless; the latter
sissnntsaS pretty, but makes up for itin the
lance that it uses with con-
sAkM.
~ S#as fun to initiate the city boy into
Shunting .buInblebees in connection with
assuring hinSthat you knew plant whose
sjuice rubbed on the hands would turn the
sting of,a bee. The country boy rubs his
palms with the white juice of the milk
weed, and then demonstrates its value to his
credulous visitor. He ehunts among the bull
thistles till he .fnds;a bumblebee with the
yellow caisson, and boldly clutches him in
bis hand. Then the city boy must try it,;
milkweed juice. is applied, and then the
crafty country fiend ''steers'' him against
a bull thistle in which sits and sups "a bee
with the nigrescent attachment. He
grasps it gingerly, and instantly drops it
with a Shrek Of pain, and convulsively
shakes his hand as he twists about in
agony: .,..,a
opportunity to amuse his city visitor.
tGo and shake that bush there, and you'll
hear bees holler." He grasps it, shakes
it vigorously, and q moment later it is
himself which he hears ssholler, y and not
the bees. To induce the untutoreG city
boy to climb up bush to get sight OF the
eggs in "crow's nest" is a popular
method Of getting the. viaitor ins cornmu-
nication with residence of a hornet. In
walking through the woods one would
sometimes encounter the young of well
known animal, and: which fhad the ap-
pearance of a Kitten TO POINT out the
s'kitten," and induce the city innocent to
go and pick it up, was not an uncommon
occurrence. have seen several Of these
sanimals thus picked up, but I never saw
san instancein which they were held for
any great length Of time. .....a...e.-.....,s
Another little diversion in the interests
of the. visitor from the city was to in
Yeigle him to so IN swimming, and then
deluge his shirt with that leguminous di-
abolism, s'cowitch." All the country
boys, when they go swimming, dry them
selves with their shirts. The city boy,
following their example, would intensity
the torture of the application.
The country boy had his reyenges.-
'sPoliuto'' in Chicago Times.